Just ten days into the new year, Nigeria’s national power grid had its first significant failure since 2025. To the dismay of Nigerians, the breakdown has led to a statewide blackout. In the last 13 months, this incident has happened 13 times. Power generation decreased from 2111.01 megawatts at 2 pm to 390.20 MW at 3 pm, according to our correspondent’s checks.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Relevant NewsNationwide blackout as system collapses for the tenth time in 2024 TCN launches investigation as minister refutes allegations of grid collapseThe national electricity grid fails once more.
The blackout was confirmed by a post on The Energy podcast that read, “National grid suffers major collapse… First in 2025.” According to a different post, “Restoration has begun. 302MW are being produced as of 02:40 pm.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>